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Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"William Lawrence was the only police officer in the City of Bath to ever be shot and killed on duty."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"After the war, he spent time in Europe and began painting landscapes as he continued to work for Harper’s."

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Freeport Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… of Major General John Thomas of Massachusetts, an officer who died the preceding June at Fort Chambly, Quebec, and who was an acquaintance of the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"Applebee, a retired U.S. Customs Officer, gave a talk on Thomaston’s shipbuilding years, based on his research at the time, in which he provided the…"

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Moosehead Historical Society

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Colby College Special Collections

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Moses, John Calvin Stevens, Officer Merrill, and Mrs. Chas. B. Harrington. Galen C. Moses funded the YMCA, provided funds for the 1889 building for…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca. 1930Patten Free Library At midnight on December 12, 1954, the City of Bath converted to dial…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Service commissioning Hopley Yeaton as its first officer – America’s first commissioned naval officer 1791 • Cooper’s petition accepted by…"

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South Portland Historical Society

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Porter Memorial Library

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Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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New Hampshire Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… a livery stable at the base of the chimney in the office. The fire could have been put out except for the break in the water line connecting from…"

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Frye Island Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Yeaton, America’s first commissioned naval officer, was sent to the Passamaquoddy region, charged with curtailing the growth of smuggling there."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… Center broke ground for a complex of medical offices and lab, and the town built new support services for the burgeoning population."

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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"News office storefront, Portland, ca. 1918Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Mercy Hospital was founded in response to one of the most lethal…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"A World War II Honor Roll stood on the grounds of the library for a time, but burned and was not replaced."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Block, in the late 1860s he had his real estate office in the building until 1891 and a men's clothing store from 1892-1907."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"Captain Parker was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and came to the area once the war was over. Parker is noted as the second settler in town…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… conducted the meetings and were elected to all offices. The women and children provided hearty meals at the meetings."